Making a Guitar out of Steel - Welding

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • In this video I cut, weld, forge and grind steel plate into a real Guitar.
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  • @lukamajstorovic3808
    @lukamajstorovic3808 4 года назад +832

    When Les Pauls aren't heavy enough...

    • @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330
      @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330 4 года назад +33

      Bet it‘s lighter than a Gibbi

    • @njineermike
      @njineermike 4 года назад +11

      Its probably still lighter than my '67 golt top was.

    • @Darjia
      @Darjia 4 года назад +2

      Too funny... you had me laughing out loud lol

    • @perihelion7798
      @perihelion7798 4 года назад +6

      Fill it with lead...sustain for hours! But borrow Junior Brown's guitar stand.

    • @openwheelisthebestandyoukn1206
      @openwheelisthebestandyoukn1206 4 года назад

      @@toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330 Gibsons are super light lmao

  • @Drugaddict22
    @Drugaddict22 4 года назад +435

    You should've got someone to demo the guitar for you.

    • @nuttynut722
      @nuttynut722 4 года назад +54

      it made by a guy have no idea how to build a guitar, it unplayable! look at how high of the string!

    • @AntiTrollable
      @AntiTrollable 4 года назад +10

      It is impossible as the neck is solid. It would be impossible to set the strings up as the tension bar in wood necks compliments the tension of the strings and creates a bend in the neck for the action.

    • @jonathandelgado4338
      @jonathandelgado4338 4 года назад +66

      @@AntiTrollableHey luthier here! Na, thats 100% wrong dingus. Look up EGC and old kramer aluminum neck guitars from the 70's

    • @TheGerd
      @TheGerd 4 года назад +4

      Like TheDooo

    • @kmoecub
      @kmoecub 4 года назад +2

      @Shubbit the fubbick ubbip!!! A solid neck would bend easier than the hollow neck he made. Irony.

  • @willymuff6493
    @willymuff6493 4 года назад +303

    When the only reason you watched this was just to hear it 🤯🤬

    • @August-kx6hk
      @August-kx6hk 4 года назад

      :(

    • @mortwally3510
      @mortwally3510 4 года назад +7

      Yeah I agree that sucked

    • @WarrenPostma
      @WarrenPostma 4 года назад +1

      @@mortwally3510 Chances of it intonating and playing if you didn't know how to dial in the setup pre-tack: Zilch.

    • @thecivilrightsguyintxk
      @thecivilrightsguyintxk 3 года назад +1

      Right?? I was thinking the whole time “how’s he gonna hold that heavy beast to play it??” Guess I know now.

    • @lokidecat
      @lokidecat 3 года назад +3

      So lame.. everyone knows SOMEONE who can play.. c'mon! Give me my 7 minutes back!

  • @elias2338
    @elias2338 4 года назад +389

    Lets play HEAVY METAL on it🤣

  • @lanceolson5988
    @lanceolson5988 4 года назад +51

    "If only I could play guitar."
    Then find someone who can! I clicked to hear how it sounds!

  • @serjhoushmandzadeh2763
    @serjhoushmandzadeh2763 4 года назад +27

    Leo Fender didn't play guitar either and he built the best guitar the universe has even seen. Great job!

    • @daveofbakersfield47
      @daveofbakersfield47 Год назад +2

      he played the guitar, he may not have been a pro player but he could play.

    • @klauswigsmith
      @klauswigsmith Год назад

      Both Teles and Stats are great guitars (I like Teles, not personally a fan of Stats at all) but dude, those are 60+ year old guitar designs.
      Guitar design has come a long way since then.

    • @Dwightpower88
      @Dwightpower88 Год назад

      @@klauswigsmith And yet his original designs are timeless. I also include his bass designs, the Precision, Jazz, and the Stingray

    • @klauswigsmith
      @klauswigsmith Год назад +1

      @@Dwightpower88 Sure, but timeless doesn't mean they're still the greatest guitar designs ever.
      All guitars designed back in the 50s and 60's, from Teles and Stats, to Les Pauls and SGs, all have some pretty glaring design flaws that could be improved upon, but both Fender and Gibson are stuck on tradition.
      Hell, the development of the "Super Strat" in the 80's should tell you all you need to know about the shortcomings of the original Stat's design.
      People love these guitars because they're stuck on nostalgia.
      Personally I love Les Pauls, but shit, there's a bunch of things I wish Gibson would address with that design.

  • @18JR78
    @18JR78 4 года назад +70

    Guitar snobs will say the chrome isn’t letting the metal breathe. Needs more sustain 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @phoenixdk
      @phoenixdk 4 года назад +7

      It's made out of tonesteel and handpicked welding rods from the 70's. Not heavy enough? Fill the internal reservoir with whatever tonestuff you want!

    • @18JR78
      @18JR78 4 года назад

      Christopher Aaby
      Hahahaha

    • @thecivilrightsguyintxk
      @thecivilrightsguyintxk 3 года назад

      Lol, word.

  • @ItsMeScareCro
    @ItsMeScareCro 4 года назад +40

    Marty McFly: This is heavy.
    Dr. Emmett Brown: Is there a problem with Earth's gravitational pull in the future?

  • @mingpowman76
    @mingpowman76 4 года назад +183

    The action is incredibly high. You need to lower the nut and bury the bridge. Or you could use it as a slide guitar I guess. Looks great though.

    • @lukeb1751
      @lukeb1751 4 года назад +12

      Needs better neck angle bridge looks as low as it can go

    • @kmoecub
      @kmoecub 4 года назад +4

      Truth is that he didn't need frets at all.

    • @o.g5211
      @o.g5211 4 года назад +4

      It's cuz there's no neck angle

    • @co20ca05
      @co20ca05 4 года назад +4

      easy fix. just adjust the truss rod.

    • @dcsman1992
      @dcsman1992 4 года назад +6

      @@co20ca05 exactly o wait :p

  • @AndTheCorrectAnswerIs
    @AndTheCorrectAnswerIs 4 года назад +38

    Finally....a guitar that can't be smashed on stage or set on fire! Rock on....

    • @kaptainkmann7808
      @kaptainkmann7808 4 года назад +5

      Hendrix used lighter fluid remember so .... yeah there goes that thought. but i have to wonder , if a steel string can give you a bit of a shock from a bad ground wire what can this thing do.

    • @tobiasripper4124
      @tobiasripper4124 4 года назад +4

      @@kaptainkmann7808 insert emperor palpatine meme here "powaaahh!! unnnlimited POWAAAHH!"

    • @allbottledup9513
      @allbottledup9513 Год назад

      Pete Townshend probably foaming at the mouth right now 🤣

  • @SteelSkin667
    @SteelSkin667 4 года назад +48

    My back hurts just looking at this.

  • @jacobtrimble9661
    @jacobtrimble9661 4 года назад +195

    Imagine if he forgot the ground wires

  • @Xianpaul0523
    @Xianpaul0523 4 года назад +97

    Plot twist: The thrust rod is made of wood.

    • @ZaneDalton
      @ZaneDalton 4 года назад +13

      Les Paul Ballesteros *truss rod

    • @Xianpaul0523
      @Xianpaul0523 4 года назад +12

      @@ZaneDalton i dont thrust you

    • @luisrios2793
      @luisrios2793 4 года назад +6

      Thrust that wood. 😛

    • @inflameslp311
      @inflameslp311 4 года назад

      @@Xianpaul0523 I don't thrust you.

    • @RRRRRRRR811
      @RRRRRRRR811 4 года назад +1

      Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t the steel neck be stiff enough to not require a truss rod?

  • @jeepmanxj
    @jeepmanxj 4 года назад +21

    I want to do this out of solid material, put a maple cap on it and call it a lead Paul.

  • @Agent-47-eh
    @Agent-47-eh 4 года назад +1

    Mans fashioned an entire guitar outta steel and y'all are complaining that he can't play. Respect the craftsmanship y'all

  • @MrPoet67
    @MrPoet67 4 года назад +5

    I made an Acoustic Galvanised one a couple of years ago.. The sound was awesome. I gave it to a Cancer fund raiser and it sold for about $350.00 (Aus$)

  • @silencer1286
    @silencer1286 4 года назад +19

    I really wanted to hear how it sounded 😢

  • @keiz_
    @keiz_ 4 года назад +4

    This is super cool!! My brother made a Flying Star guitar in his welding class a couple years ago. It’s cool to see how other people make steel guitars

    • @keiz_
      @keiz_ 4 года назад +1

      He just used a wood neck though

  • @jaydanbowland4933
    @jaydanbowland4933 4 года назад +16

    The nut is wayyyyyyy to high my guy like Jesus Christ the action on that thing would make it unplayable. Looks great tho

  • @robertcuff5704
    @robertcuff5704 4 года назад +9

    That thing is unplayable lmaoooo that action and is that fretwork eyeballed from the other guitar?! Lmao that thing can’t be playable. But I respect the effort!

  • @TheFoxcrusher
    @TheFoxcrusher Год назад +1

    Id love to see this done again, and get that neck angle bang om, that guitar looks amazing, but that action was sky high.

  • @southernturbo7634
    @southernturbo7634 4 года назад +3

    Congrats on winning forged in fire!! Your very talented. Keep up the nice work

  • @jstoller3039
    @jstoller3039 4 года назад +4

    Gibson actually gave the “metal” body Les Paul some serious thought and produced a one off prototype. A hollow body version made of welded aluminum pieces to scale with a “carved” top and a rosewood neck. It’s a piece of art and is beautiful! They quickly put an end to any further development because it sounds like absolute garbage!!! Thin and tinny. Absolutely no warmth to speak of. Like I said it’s freaking gorgeous !!! A friend, who is a serious guitar collector, owns this guitar. He has many one offs and prototypes from Gibson and Fender, including five hand painted Strats, made for Hugh Hefner , with PlayBoy pin up girls. Pretty cool stuff

    • @cyber_guerilla
      @cyber_guerilla 4 года назад

      It's so sad that it sounds like garbage... it could be true METAL GUITAR

  • @danielsgrunge
    @danielsgrunge 4 года назад

    I cannot discribe how awesome this is

  • @juanowar
    @juanowar 4 года назад +5

    This guitar is gonna be heavy as hell, however you´ve done a great job. I wish I could play it ¡¡

  • @thepatriotrocker8001
    @thepatriotrocker8001 4 года назад +9

    You got to plug it in to see how it sounds man!

  • @savage22bolt32
    @savage22bolt32 3 года назад +1

    Great craftsmanship!
    I love guitars, but I can't play either.

  • @tarheelron68
    @tarheelron68 3 года назад

    Whew...I'm so glad you made a hollow body instead of a solid body.
    Work of art!

  • @BurntTapeProductions2016
    @BurntTapeProductions2016 4 года назад +4

    This is awesome
    I've seen a lot of guitar builds but I've never seen some one hand weld a guitar

  • @foxyzorritoplayer2220
    @foxyzorritoplayer2220 3 года назад

    It was worth every single second
    Edit: but I noticed something, when he does the close up to the pickups, the strings have very high action

  • @avh9394
    @avh9394 Год назад +1

    Great job!
    Looks absolutely FANTASTIC!

  • @auchustos
    @auchustos 4 года назад

    Love the idea, goodbye humidity changes 😎

  • @ManCrafting
    @ManCrafting 4 года назад +6

    That’s awesome and this video is going to blow up. See you in June bud! Bring the guitar and we can get Jimmy to play it. 🤣

    • @PaulPinto
      @PaulPinto  4 года назад +2

      ManCraftingTM thanks chad!! Im glad you like it! And I should!

    • @xiecanaxcan6423
      @xiecanaxcan6423 4 года назад

      Hey Man make a video playing the guitar I want to her it

    • @ManCrafting
      @ManCrafting 4 года назад

      Well. Maybe not June. October?

  • @cyber_guerilla
    @cyber_guerilla 4 года назад

    You made my day by showing off its looks and completly ruined my day by not letting me hear how it sounds.

  • @williamkennonjr1147
    @williamkennonjr1147 4 года назад

    I can't thank of words to describe what I think of it it's beautiful I would love to hear what it sounds like

  • @zepp1832
    @zepp1832 4 года назад +4

    Oh my god, the action is so damn high lol 😂

  • @Dad.................
    @Dad................. 4 года назад +2

    Damn. And here I was struggling for days just to make a guitar pickguard out of stainless steel. To be fair though, I only had a hand saw, a Dremel and a cheap table router, none of which particularly well equipped for cutting high-carbon steel. Wish I had had a torch/plasma cutter like you're using. Beautiful work. I like it.

  • @comradesam750
    @comradesam750 4 года назад +3

    I feel like not enough metal-working videos include the mandatory "Oh, that's heavy" exclamation

  • @zane6461
    @zane6461 2 года назад

    On today’s episode, Paul builds a Paul !!!

  • @Marta1Buck
    @Marta1Buck 4 года назад

    can't be more metal than this.

  • @pikachuthegayatheist6215
    @pikachuthegayatheist6215 3 года назад +2

    I thought a good idea would be to use used train wheels, smelt them, then pour the smelted metal into a mold that is in the shape of a custom guitar with a neck, and apply the smelted metal to other molds as well utilizing everything from the same train Wheels to build the same product. The real work in this case is building the molds themselves, because that's where the artwork customization sculpting comes into play, the rest of the guitar should be built like blacksmithing, and routing out the actual metal pieces to make for the electrical parts of the guitar.
    As for the rest of the guitar it should be fully Iron and Steel, and because it's made in the mold the neck and the body would be one piece.

  • @StreetArtillery
    @StreetArtillery 3 года назад

    The beauty of music is never seen... it is heard

  • @x-STORMXX-x
    @x-STORMXX-x 2 года назад

    Just hit a few open strings XD We will love you for anything we can hear. I'm sad but, great looking guitar!

  • @dnantis
    @dnantis 4 года назад

    Wow, Amazing JOB !!

  • @westprogamer3294
    @westprogamer3294 Год назад

    Literally a heavy metal guitar!

  • @eddiepires3998
    @eddiepires3998 4 года назад

    Never mind the negative comments Paul , it's beautiful work. You clearly have great fabrication skills. It's perhaps an unusual piece , maybe even impractical , so even if it is unplayable so what, like Leandro Batt says below - it's a scultpture . I enjoyed watching your video

  • @steadfastneasy26
    @steadfastneasy26 4 года назад

    @Paul Pinto
    Since the body is hollow you should build that version of it. A pair of cutouts in the top plate.

  • @haystackhider7158
    @haystackhider7158 8 месяцев назад +1

    Keith Richards would instantly faceplant hard with that guitar

  • @VictorRochaGaming
    @VictorRochaGaming 4 года назад

    Holy back breaker!! That is the nicest boat anchor I have ever seen. It's gotta weigh at least 20lbs. Still, you're a masterful craftsman. Good job.

  • @WW-1995
    @WW-1995 4 года назад +2

    What's the point if you can't hear how it sounds like?

    • @PastelComGini
      @PastelComGini 4 года назад

      Do you see an output jack? I guess it was made to be an art piece.

    • @WW-1995
      @WW-1995 4 года назад +1

      @@PastelComGini Fair enough. Though, I guess he could've recorded with his phone

  • @matroqueta6825
    @matroqueta6825 4 года назад

    Now thtis is what I call industrial metal

  • @DavidSmith-wp6wx
    @DavidSmith-wp6wx 4 года назад

    Vibranium, sustain and resonance is great. . . and it returns when you throw it.

  • @HughManatea
    @HughManatea 4 года назад

    Maybe pass it around the different guitar channels? That would be great to watch.

  • @curtjohansen5742
    @curtjohansen5742 Год назад

    That's a bad ass looking guitar!

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

    Now that is one metal guitar

  • @declanpovey3948
    @declanpovey3948 4 года назад +2

    Just looking at that action makes my fingertips sore. Sick guitar though! One of the dudes from Rammstein should get one.

  • @ofermashiach4519
    @ofermashiach4519 3 года назад

    This is a true Heavy Metal guitar.

  • @crivat1260
    @crivat1260 4 года назад

    Good job, it is a fine guitar, unique

  • @RJDCR
    @RJDCR 4 года назад

    very nice , I love it
    RJ

  • @plsmithed
    @plsmithed 4 года назад +1

    Awesome build Paul!! That thing came out gorgeous!

  • @DK-jg5vk
    @DK-jg5vk Год назад

    The ultimate guitar for heavy metal.

  • @TheWheelofLife100
    @TheWheelofLife100 4 года назад

    I wish I was as creative as this dude is, beautiful crafted guitar, good on ya.

  • @alvarojimenez607
    @alvarojimenez607 3 года назад

    Now that’s metal🤟🏼

  • @SynthieFreak
    @SynthieFreak 4 года назад

    Wow - I love it. Please make someone play it for us.

  • @ArneLuksic
    @ArneLuksic 4 года назад

    This is the MASTER CRAFTSMANSHIP!

  • @locasiare
    @locasiare 2 года назад

    Wow 😊 such a beautiful Guitar so special 🎸 Thank you for sharing 🙏

  • @sciexp
    @sciexp 4 года назад

    Thanks for sharing the result of your work. Beautiful one, ehhh... Btw, how much does it weight?

  • @ilia0wolfskin
    @ilia0wolfskin 4 года назад

    Great job on the final looks, but I don't think that would actually play. I'd suggest mill it out of a billets and have a Luthier get the fretting and stuff right. I'd like to hear how that sounds.

  • @ianclevenger9714
    @ianclevenger9714 Год назад

    This gives a whole new meaning of lap steel guitar

  • @otsop
    @otsop 4 года назад

    Action seems SUPER high. Shame if that can't be fixed as the neck doesn't have any adjustments. Cool build whatsoever!

  • @Lakk6Metal
    @Lakk6Metal 4 года назад

    GOT TO HEAR IT !! Let a guitarist play on it !! !! You cant do this to me !! Got to hear it :)

  • @ridemx1416
    @ridemx1416 4 года назад

    That guitar is 🤘metal🤘 af! That looked fun. I miss working with metal.

  • @justxull9278
    @justxull9278 4 года назад +1

    Awsome job! This thing looks perfect for Mick Thomson🤘

  • @sonsinocyril6661
    @sonsinocyril6661 4 года назад +1

    Nice Job ! Only one question : What's the weight ?

  • @metalmartin6.6.6
    @metalmartin6.6.6 2 года назад

    Great Job BRO!

  • @JRingo-vp5wp
    @JRingo-vp5wp 4 года назад

    Dang! Beautiful!!

  • @wimperelly
    @wimperelly 3 года назад +1

    Amazing video. I have one question. How tick is the steel in mm from the plates? Thx for your answer. Best regards!

  • @bobmanners8624
    @bobmanners8624 6 месяцев назад

    A beautiful wall hanger...

  • @TrapHeroes
    @TrapHeroes 4 года назад

    Now that's some heavy metal

  • @knightmare6670
    @knightmare6670 2 года назад

    Now that's true heavy metal

  • @STP-dh9gd
    @STP-dh9gd 4 года назад

    Nice work.. pretty cool!

  • @leovdvelden8428
    @leovdvelden8428 3 года назад

    Its a piece of art! Job well done.

  • @sam7ar
    @sam7ar 4 года назад

    That's gonna play some REALLY heavy metal

  • @JAMPROSOUND
    @JAMPROSOUND Год назад

    That nut is REALLY thick. The string action looks a little high as a result. Very cool build either way.

  • @silva69ers
    @silva69ers 4 года назад +1

    How much does it weigh? And how does it sound?

  • @arthurmotta11
    @arthurmotta11 3 года назад

    Now that’s true metal

  • @CrispBeats
    @CrispBeats 2 года назад

    Wow a pure metallic guitar is so beautiful but also much more susceptible to interference than a wooden one I imagine

  • @repentless1520
    @repentless1520 4 года назад

    Finally a les Paul headstock that won't snap

  • @heylookitsn0ah
    @heylookitsn0ah 3 года назад

    A dean ML shape made like this would be insaaaaane!

  • @c3N3q
    @c3N3q 3 года назад

    Amazing what 3 weeks and a bit of chrome plating can do... How does it play??? No sound test??? 🧐

  • @bassinspectork4008
    @bassinspectork4008 4 года назад

    Hope it doesn't rust!!!! Looks great

  • @GuitarBillCurran
    @GuitarBillCurran Год назад +1

    LOL that action is a MILE high! I don't think that thing will ever be playable.

  • @iced-g9252
    @iced-g9252 3 года назад

    Amazing and highly detailed piece of metal art work!!!

  • @WhispersOfTomorrow
    @WhispersOfTomorrow 4 года назад

    The action on that thing is higher than a kite

  • @hjetnhgklhg
    @hjetnhgklhg 4 года назад +1

    With this guitar every live gig is a work out session.

  • @kadiralkan9862
    @kadiralkan9862 3 года назад +1

    is it a only decor? we want to hear sound.

  • @bronsoncarder2491
    @bronsoncarder2491 4 года назад

    Really awesome man... But the action (the distance between the strings and the neck) is SUPER high. That would be extremely hard to play, and the sound quality would suffer as well. Maybe you could just fix that by adjusting the bridge, but I have a hunch that it has something to do with the position of the neck (and possibly the size of the nut, that thing seemed a little big).
    Anyway, it's absolutely gorgeous. I would love to hear it play.

  • @Wakaboo14
    @Wakaboo14 4 года назад

    A hallowbody guitar made of metal.
    While it looks really cool and the craftsmanship is amazing, I'm wondering how much feedback it would generate when plugged into an amp lol.

  • @RomanOnTheDrum
    @RomanOnTheDrum Год назад

    Awesome vid!

  • @donaldharris8826
    @donaldharris8826 Год назад

    I want to see and hear this guitar played, demo'd. It will have a metallic tone and resonant overtones and be microphonic and have great sustain.